The air was laden with heat. The sky was shining brightly. The stars were dancing around the moon above the peaceful kingdom of Lothlórien. The elves were already fast asleep as Irmo ruled over their dreams. The light that lit the majestic trees was...
A/N: Hi guys!! Here is the new chapter of Fallen Stars! This one was really challenging. Writting Gollum was extremely hard and I hope that you will like the actions scenes!
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Chapter 10: Goblin Town
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Elentári's eyes fluttered open in the middle of the night. Thorin's arms were still wrapped protectively around her but she was now facing away from the dwarf, her back pressed against his strong chest. Elen smiled, feeling a bit embarrassed as goosebumps ran down her arms and entire body when she felt Thorin's warm breath over the skin of her neck. She felt warm but weirdly, the elleth couldn't be at peace. She had the bad feeling that something might happen in this cave.
The Company was resting; all the dwarves were asleep but Elen couldn't bring herself to go back to sleep. Elen watched the company sleep for a while but when her eyes stopped on Bilbo, the elleth frowned. The hobbit, only pretending to be asleep, stealthily opened his eyes and looked around. Elen closed her eyes pretending to be asleep and seeing that no one was watching, Bilbo quietly rolled up his blankets and packed his things. Grabbing his walking stick, he started to leave the cave, tiptoeing over the sleeping dwarves. Elen's eyes shot open and she tried to move from Thorin's grip to stop Bilbo but the dwarf tightened his arms around her. Elen looked back at him to see him awake and looking at her. Elen's eyes widen but Thorin shook his head in disagreement. The elleth was ready to argue when Bofur's voice broke the silence.
"Where do you think you're going?" Bofur asked, his voice low enough not to wake the others. Elen and Thorin, however, were close enough to hear.
"Back to Rivendell." Elen heard Bilbo say.
"No, no, you can't turn back now, you're part of the Company. You're one of us." Bofur tried to convince the hobbit, his voice filled with fear for his poor friend.
"I'm not though, am I?" Bilbo answered almost sarcastically. "Thorin said I should never have come, and he was right. I'm not a Took, I'm a Baggins, I don't know what I was thinking. I should never have run out my door." Bilbo's voice was sad and Elen couldn't help but glare at Thorin. The dwarf was staring thoughtfully at the wall, not daring to look at the elleth, as he listened.
